Prof. Anis Feki

Anis Feki is the head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Hospital Cantonal and a professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He obtained his M.SC in physics. Subsequently, he specialized in Reproductive Medicine and Biology and in Medical Biology at Geneva University, where he also obtained his MD and PhD. He has been working at Geneva University Hospital from 2000 to 2008, covering different positions within this institution. In particular, he was chef de Clinique of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology between 2006 and 2008 and head of the Stem Cell Research Laboratory. He derived the first human embryonic stem cell line and the first iPS cells in Switzerland. Between 2009 and 2011, he completed a fellowship in the University Catholic of Louvain. His main areas of interest include stem cell research and pluripotency and also reproductive surgery. He is an ad hoc reviewer of several international journals and published many papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is a past member of the Executive Committee of ESHRE.